IHT : A look at Karachi's violent history

A look at Karachi's violent history

The Associated Press | October 22, 2007

Some major incidents in Karachi's violent history:

Oct. 18, 2007 — A suicide bomber kills at least 136 people in an attack on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming procession. Bhutto is unhurt.

May 12, 2007 — Violence during a demonstration in support of Pakistan's chief justice kills about 40 people, many of them Bhutto supporters.

May 2, 2006 — A suicide car bomber rams the vehicle of a U.S. diplomat, killing him and three others a day before U.S. President George W. Bush visits Pakistan.

April 11, 2006 — A suicide attacker kills about 50 people at a mass prayer service in a city park, including the top leadership of an influential Sunni Muslim religious group.

June 10, 2004 — Islamic militants kill 10 people in an ambush aimed at a top general who had recently retired as President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's deputy army chief.

June 14, 2002 — A suicide car bomber rams the wall of the U.S. Consulate, killing 14 people. A U.S. Marine security guard and five Pakistani employees at the consulate are injured.

May 8, 2002 — A suicide car bomber attacks a bus carrying French engineers helping Pakistan's navy build submarines. Eleven engineers and two Pakistanis die.

Jan. 23, 2002 — American reporter Daniel Pearl disappears in the city while researching Islamic militancy. His remains are later found in a shallow grave in the eastern outskirts.

July 14, 1987 — Three car bombs explode at the city's main bazaar, killing 72. Intelligence agents from Afghanistan, then occupied by Soviet troops, are blamed.